Holding frame



Nov. 23 1926. y 1,607,752

E. o. HIGDoN HOLDING FRAME Filed May lO, 1925 INVENTOR 60H5 llYE [W600/lATTORNEY Patented Nov. 23, 1926.

.UNITED STATS EDDIE ORANGE HIGDON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA'.

HOLDING FRAME.

Application filed May 10, 3.923.

My invention is an improved holding frame, particularly applicable. forholding maps, guide data, dates, etc. 1n a readable position on thesteering post of an automo- 5 bile.

The object of my invention is to provide a frame, which may be readilyclamped to the steering column under the wheel, and the angle of theframe may be easily adjusted to suit the convenience of the user.

Another object is to provide a means to illuminate the frame when usedat night.

In the annexed drawing in which my 1nvention is illustrated I have.shown the H pref-erred form of my invention but it may be embodied inother forms, and in this application I wish to cover my invention inwhatever form it may be embodied.

Figure 1 is a side view ot my holder trame.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View of the same.

Referring more particularly to the drawing: the frame 1 is mounted onthe steering column 2, by means of a clamp 3, which encircles saidcolumn. The holding Jframe 1 consists of a base plate 4, to which ablade 5 is secured. This blade is pivoted at 6 to the clamp 3, and abolt 7 extends through said clamp and through a slot 8 in the blade 5.The blade, and base plate 4, may thus be adjusted with relation to theclamp 3. To further secure the blade 5 in position a screw 9 extendsthrough a slot 1() in the clamp 3 and into the lower edge of the blade.

The frame back 11 is pivoted to the base 4 by hinges 12. Adjustingbrackets 13 are pivoted to the back 11, and set screws 14 are mounted inthe base 4 and extend into slots 15 in said brackets. Thus by loose-ningthe screws 14 the back 11 may be set at any desired angle with the base4.

A cover panel 16 is hinged at its rear edge to th-e back 11, and itsforward edge is screwed to the back by screws 17. A glass plate 18 issecured to the panel 16 under which the map may be seen.

The .maps or notes are inserted under the glass 18 by loosening thescrews 17 and raising the panel 16; after the map is in position thescrews are tightened which holds thel map securely in position.

In order that the map may be visible at night a reiector 19 is securedto the panel 16, and a light 2() is positioned therein. The

Serial No. 838,030.

light 2O screws into a socket 21 on the reflector 19. Y f

A switch plug (not shown) is slipped on to the terminal 22, and a lead23 extends 60 under the back 11 from the terminal to a contact block 24near the forward edge of the back. A yieldable contact pin25 is mountedin a block 26 on the panel 16, a spring 27 back of said pin urges itdown- 65 ward into contact with the block 24. A lead 28 extends irom thepin 25 to the light 20. rIhe object of the yieldable pin is tocompensate tor various thicknesses oi maps between the panel 16 and back11. The 70 pin will always be forced downwardly far enough to formcontact with the block 24.

Having described my invention I claim:

1. A holding frame comprising a base plate, a clamp, means to pivot saidplate to said clamp, a back mounted on said base plate and a cover panelmounted on said hack, a reflector mounted on said cover panel, and alight mounted in said reflector, an electrical contact block in saidback, a yieldable contact pin mounted in said panel, and a leadextending from said Contact pin to said light.

2. A holding frame comprising a base plate, a clamp adapted to besecured to the S5 I steering column of an automobile, a blade secured tosaid base plate, and pivoted to the upper end of said clamp, and meanson the clamp to hold the blade in adjusted position, a back pivoted tothe rear edge of said base plate, a cover panel hinged to said back,screws extending through said cover into the back, and means wherebysaid back is adjustably connected to said plate.

8. A holding iframe comprising a base plate, a clamp adapted to besecured to the steering column of an automobile, a blade secured to saidbase plate, and pivoted to the upper end of said clamp, and means onthe. clamp to hold the blade in adjusted position, a back pivoted to therear edge of said base plate, a cover panel hinged to said back meanswhereby said back is adjustably connected to said plate, screwsextending through said cover panel into the back, a reflector mounted onsaid cover panel, a light mounted in said reilector, an electricalcontact block in said back, a yieldable contact pin mounted in saidpanel, and a lead extending from said contact pin to said light.

4. A holding frame comprising a base plate, a. clamp .adapted to `besecured to the steering `column .of an automobile, a blade secured tosaid base plate, and pivoted to the upper end of said clamp, said bladehaving a slot formed therein, a bolt extending through said clamp andthrough said slot, a back pivoted to the forward end of the base plate,a cover panel hngedto said back, brackets pivoted to the back, and setscrews Vin the base plate adapted vto engage said brackets.

5. A :holding rameeomprismg a clamp,

ya Ybase plate Aadjustably secured thereto, a

backhinged to aid base plate, a cover panel superimposedon said back, alamp mounted on'said-cover panel, and means for conducting a current ofelectricity to `said lamp, said means comprising a .yielding contactYpin mounted in said panel and adapted to contact with a contact blockin said back.

In a device of the type described a framebaek, a cover panel forsecuring maps and the like to said frame back, means Jfor securing saidbackend panel together for holding maps of dili'erent thicknesses, alight carried byeaid panel, a terminal carried by said back, `and .aspring pressed pin vyieldinglyheld in contactwith said terminaland beingin electricalconnectionwith said light. n testimony whereoI l allix mysignature.

